Other Voices

Employment Insecurity

Fear of job loss is a natural result of the quest for
productivity

OF ALL THE FEARS STALKING PEOPLE during this overheated political season, one of the most misplaced and misrepresented is the supposed economic danger of outsourcing jobs to China, India and elsewhere. Those who have lost their jobs to Chinese toy manufacturers or Indian call centers understandably feel the issue is paramount.

But it does not belittle their suffering to note that local problems do not make a national disaster.